The Zegar Family Foundation Match for CCR

As part of its unwavering commitment to social justice and equality, The Zegar Family Foundation has made a challenge in support of The Michael Ratner Campaign for the Next Generation. The Foundation will match Campaign contributions from new supporters AND increased gifts from current supporters.

Victory against asylum ban

Our clients filed this legal challenge because the Trump administration's actions are contrary to basic asylum, reflect the administration’s contempt for Central and Latin Americans, and will have dangerous consequences to highly vulnerable populations fleeing unspeakable violence.

Guantánamo Under Trump: The Next Legal Challenge

From the campaign trail to the White House, Trump has shown his hostility towards Muslims. As long as Guantánamo exists, so does the idea that torture and indefinite detention without charge or trial of Muslims is acceptable.

Border Asylum

Fighting abusive immigration practices is embedded in CCR’s history. We are working with individuals who have been denied the opportunity to apply for asylum at the southern border by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection.

Ending stop-and-frisk abuses

CCR has been in the fight against discriminatory policing for decades. Our landmark case against the NYPD is giving communities of color a voice in police reform. From Amadou Diallo to Terence Crutcher, #BlackLivesMatter.

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What's Happening at CCR

Our dedication to human rights and social justice struggles has led CCR to complement our legal work with robust advocacy and communications work, and a conscious effort to support grassroots organizations that work with directly-impacted communities.

The demand for human rights and social justice lawyering will not, alas, retreat any time soon, and so CCR is dedicated to helping ensure that there is an ample supply of well-trained movement lawyers in future generations.

At CCR, we’ve developed a distinctive set of tools and strategies that mine the fine veins of constitutional principles that are justice-enabling, use litigation strategically to move actors outside the courtroom, and leverage the interplay between U.S. and international law.